Although billion-dollar prizes remain rare, they’ve become far more common over the past decade.
The Christmas Eve Powerball jackpot of $1.817 billion was the second-largest lottery prize in US history, while the biggest lottery prize in US history remains the $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot won in California in November 2022.
Factors such as rising interest rates, updated game rules (including lower odds), and higher-priced tickets have contributed to the recent surge in billion-dollar jackpots.
Jackpocket compiled a list of the biggest prizes won on a single lottery ticket in each state, with prizes ranging from the low millions to billion-dollar jackpots.
Some states, such as Alabama, Alaska, and Hawaii, do not have state lotteries and were therefore not included in the list.
Here’s the biggest lottery win in every state.
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